Year: 2022

Vanderbilt (VU and VUMC, collaboratively) may choose up to two nominees for the V Foundation V Scholar Award program. The V Foundation aims to “achieve victory over cancer” in part by funding cancer research grants. Read More

Vanderbilt's James Crowe Jr., MD, and Michel Nussenzweig, MD, PhD, of The Rockefeller University, have been jointly awarded the 2022 Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine for “groundbreaking work” that enabled the use of human antibodies to treat COVID-19. Read More

Vanderbilt University again ranked among the nation’s top research institutions receiving funding from the National Institutes of Health, according to the latest data compiled by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. Read More

Vanderbilt and the Salk Institute collaborate on the development of a research “road map” that could lead to new ways to detect early signs of tumor formation. Read More

David George Haskell, an award-winning author and professor of biology and environmental studies at the University of the South, will deliver the keynote address for the 2021–22 Harry C. Howard Jr. Lecture at Vanderbilt University. The event will take place Thursday, April 7, at 4:10 p.m. in the Central Library Community Room. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Symphony Orchestra and Vanderbilt's collegiate choirs will host a musical tribute to remember those who’ve suffered a loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The concert will be on April 10 at 2 p.m. at the Martha Rivers Ingram Center for the Performing Arts at Vanderbilt Blair School of Music.  Read More

Karima Bennoune, Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Endowed Chair in International Law and Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis Law School, will discuss “International Law and Women’s Human Rights in Afghanistan” on Thursday, March 31, at 12:30 p.m. in the Flynn Auditorium at Vanderbilt Law School. The annual Victor S. Johnson Lecture is free and open to the public. Read More

Vanderbilt University will launch the James Lawson Institute for the Research and Study of Nonviolent Movements during a livestreamed celebration featuring the Rev. James Lawson and keynote speaker John M. Seigenthaler on April 7. Read More

The Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science has launched a new climate studies major. The major integrates the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities to give students a comprehensive perspective on climate change, its challenges and its possible solutions. Read More

Ji Seon Song, assistant professor of law at the University of California–Irvine School of Law, will discuss “Patient or Prisoner: Hospitals as Carceral Settings” on Friday, April 1, in the next installment of the Vanderbilt Law School Dean’s Lecture Series on Race and Discrimination. The talk will begin at 12:30 p.m. via Zoom. Read More

Vanderbilt Divinity School is accepting registrations for summer enrollment in its Lifelong Learning program until April 24. Early bird pricing is available through April 3. Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center has honored five individuals from the Vanderbilt community as recipients of its annual awards for 2022. Read More

Dr. André L. Churchwell, vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, will discuss fashion and innovation in an upcoming lecture hosted by the Vanderbilt Woman’s Club. The talk will be on Friday, April 8, at noon at the Scarritt Bennett Center. Read More

A "Racial Justice Teach Out on Immigration and Border Politics" is scheduled for Friday, April 1, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. This event will bring together scholars and community activists for an informal conversation about contemporary immigration to the global north. Read More

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are seeking volunteers for a study that will compare a diet with mixed nuts as snacks to a diet with typical snacks to determine the effects on abdominal fat and risk for metabolic syndrome in young adults. Read More

"U.S. News & World Report" released its 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings on March 29, and Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development again achieved a top five ranking among graduate schools of education. The college retained its fifth-place position (this year tied with the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Read More

Justin Baba, research associate professor of biomedical engineering, has been named associate director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt. In this new role, he will oversee educational programs. Read More

The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy has announced the formation of a 26-member advisory board spanning multiple backgrounds and fields—from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and biographer Walter Isaacson to Grammy-winning artists Faith Hill and Tim McGraw—that is committed to the project’s mission to elevate facts and evidence-based reasoning in American political discourse. Read More

The Vanderbilt Data Science Institute will host “AI Summer,” a four-week interactive, hands-on learning experience with live coding where anyone with an interest in advanced data science techniques can learn to use, train and share data models using any research or project data.  Read More

Vanderbilt University’s graduate programs showed continued strength in the 2023 "U.S. News & World Report" Best Graduate Schools rankings, with five of Vanderbilt’s graduate and professional schools falling within the top 25. Read More